Instructor: Lynda Reeves McIntyre Professor of Art More . . .
Can a line provoke a dance, music inform a painting? An active and participatory course rooted in the visual arts and movement, this class will examine the threads and messages that run through and among creative art forms. The course will be a lively combination of historical examination, active art making, and reflective critique. Lab Fee $70.00.
Requirements Satisfied: one Fine Arts course
Meets: MW 8:30am-10:20am
Instructor: Deb Ellis Assistant Professor, Film and Television Studies Program More . . .
This course will examine film and video created from existing materials. Looking at work from early twentieth-century constructed newsreels to contemporary mash-ups, we will consider how images, films, and video take on meaning as they are woven into new contexts. Creative work is designed to engage students in the philosophical and aesthetic questions being raised in the class.
Requirements Satisfied: one Fine Arts course
Meets: TR 2:30pm-3:45pm; W 6:15pm-9:15pm (Screenings)
Instructor: Clare Byrne Dance Lecturer in Department of Music and Dance More . . .
Movement and Improvisation is a beginning improvisation class for creative people and movers of all sorts. Students do not need any previous dance experience, but need to be willing to move! The class will help students develop comfort and awareness of body communication and intention through movement, sound, and spoken word; range of physical dynamics and content; and skill in ensemble performance work-leading to theatrical and choreographic understandings, capacity for leadership, cohesion in group dynamics, and personal insight. Four main training practices will be covered in the course: Action Theater, a technique developed by Ruth Zaporah; Contact Improvisation, a technique developed by Steve Paxton; Music and Dance Collaborative Improvisation; and finally Site-Specific Improvisation-taking improvisation out of the dance studio and "into the field." Material fees include the text Free Play by Steven Nachmanovitch and tickets to see local live performances of dance and theater.
Requirements Satisfied: one Fine Arts course
Meets: TBD
Instructor: Major Jackson Professor of English More . . .
Requirements Satisfied: Elective Credit only
Meets: TBD